Ethnic groups

19.5 percent of people in Mangere-Otahuhu Local Board Area belong to the European ethnic group, compared with 74.0 percent for New Zealand as a whole.

15.9 percent of people in Mangere-Otahuhu Local Board Area belong to the Māori ethnic group, compared with 14.9 percent for all of New Zealand.

Ethnic groups in Mangere-Otahuhu Local Board Area and New Zealand

2013 Census

Ethnic group(1)

Mangere-Otahuhu Local Board Area (percent)

New Zealand (percent)

European

19.5

74.0

Māori

15.9

14.9

Pacific peoples

60.1

7.4

Asian

17.2

11.8

Middle Eastern, Latin American, African

0.7

1.2

Other ethnicity

New Zealander

0.4

1.6

Other ethnicity nec

0.0

0.0

Total other ethnicity

0.4

1.7

1. Includes all people who stated each ethnic group, whether as their only ethnic group or as one of several. Where a person reported more than one ethnic group, they have been counted in each applicable group. As a result percentages do not add up to 100.

Note: nec = not elsewhere classified.

Source: Statistics New Zealand

Birthplace

Total population

43.2 percent of people in Mangere-Otahuhu Local Board Area were born overseas, compared with 25.2 percent for New Zealand as a whole.

For people born overseas who are now living in Mangere-Otahuhu Local Board Area, the most common birthplace was Samoa, and England is the most common overseas birthplace for all of New Zealand.

Māori population

1.5 percent of Māori in Mangere-Otahuhu Local Board Area were born overseas, compared with 1.8 percent for New Zealand as a whole.

Languages spoken

Total population

After English, the next most common language spoken in Mangere-Otahuhu Local Board Area is Samoan, which is spoken by 19.1 percent of people. For New Zealand as a whole, the most common language apart from English is te reo Māori, spoken by 3.7 percent of people.

New Zealand Sign Language is used by less than one percent of people in Mangere-Otahuhu Local Board Area, compared with less than one percent of people for all of New Zealand.

51.0 percent of people in Mangere-Otahuhu Local Board Area speak only one language, compared with 79.8 percent of people for all of New Zealand.

Māori population

After English, the next most common language spoken by Māori in Mangere-Otahuhu Local Board Area is te reo Māori, which is spoken by 23.8 percent of Māori.

In New Zealand, the next most common language spoken by Māori is te reo Māori, which is spoken by 21.3 percent.

New Zealand Sign Language is used by less than one percent of Māori in Mangere-Otahuhu Local Board Area compared with less than one percent of Māori for all of New Zealand.

72.2 percent of Māori in Mangere-Otahuhu Local Board Area speak only one language, compared with 76.5 percent of all Māori in New Zealand.

Note: Total population figures are for the census usually resident population count.

The Māori population is the Māori ethnic group usually resident population count. It includes those people who stated Māori as being either their only ethnic group or one of several ethnic groups.

This data has been randomly rounded to protect confidentiality. Individual figures may not add up to totals, and values for the same data may vary in different text, tables, and graphs.